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I have a tablet and a laptop. I want a convertible badly. I'm tempted to leave OSX for one (a Surface 3 most likely). Catch up, Apple. You used to innovate. If

by mrjatx 12y ago

I have a tablet and a laptop. I want a convertible badly. I'm tempted to leave OSX for one (a Surface 3 most likely). Catch up, Apple. You used to innovate. If 10.10 is another nightmare for my dev environment like Mavericks and the recent xcode updates the decision will be even easier.

zw123456 12y ago
I have a Vaio Flip and I have really fallen in love with it, and now that the start is back for Windows 8 I like it even better. I agree Apple is falling behind.
Casseres 12y ago
You might want to look into the Thinkpad Yoga. I use it mainly as a laptop, but the few times I've used it as a tablet, it's worked out pretty well for me. (I also think it's the perfect device for Windows 8.1). If there is a Microsoft Store in your area, check it out, they should have some Thinkpad Yoga demo units.
seabrookmx 12y ago
If you rely on XCode is moving to Windows really an option? (honest question - I know nothing about XCode but I was under the impression it was used only for OS X and iOS development).
- mrjatx 12y ago
  You need xcode at some point to sign and publish apps. What I have setup is a continuous integration server (bamboo) on a mac mini that I tell to build the apps for testing. I haven't actually set it up for signing/publishing.. but theoretically I could have it do that as well. So I should have no problems writing the actual code in linux but then I'll wind up with a few additional steps along with extra hardware. I'm surprised that Apple hasn't locked down xcode to only be installed on specific devices, like MBPs and Mac Pros. That would be a huge slap in the face but I can totally see it happening if doing what I mentioned above becomes more popular. Personally I'd rather just code for the web and be as OS agnostic as possible, html5 and javascript

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I have a tablet and a laptop. I want a convertible badly. I'm tempted to leave OSX for one (a Surface 3 most likely). Catch up, Apple. You used to innovate. If

by mrjatx 12y ago

zw123456 12y ago
I have a Vaio Flip and I have really fallen in love with it, and now that the start is back for Windows 8 I like it even better. I agree Apple is falling behind.
Casseres 12y ago
You might want to look into the Thinkpad Yoga. I use it mainly as a laptop, but the few times I've used it as a tablet, it's worked out pretty well for me. (I also think it's the perfect device for Windows 8.1). If there is a Microsoft Store in your area, check it out, they should have some Thinkpad Yoga demo units.
seabrookmx 12y ago
If you rely on XCode is moving to Windows really an option? (honest question - I know nothing about XCode but I was under the impression it was used only for OS X and iOS development).
- mrjatx 12y ago
  You need xcode at some point to sign and publish apps. What I have setup is a continuous integration server (bamboo) on a mac mini that I tell to build the apps for testing. I haven't actually set it up for signing/publishing.. but theoretically I could have it do that as well. So I should have no problems writing the actual code in linux but then I'll wind up with a few additional steps along with extra hardware. I'm surprised that Apple hasn't locked down xcode to only be installed on specific devices, like MBPs and Mac Pros. That would be a huge slap in the face but I can totally see it happening if doing what I mentioned above becomes more popular. Personally I'd rather just code for the web and be as OS agnostic as possible, html5 and javascript